Neil Critchley - Football Coach

Neil Critchley (born 18 October 1978) is an English football coach who is currently the head coach of Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. A former footballer, he previously played in the Football League First Division for Crewe Alexandra. He has previously managed Liverpool under-18s (standing in for Jürgen Klopp for two of Liverpool's cup fixtures in the 2019–20 season), and guided Blackpool to promotion, via the playoffs, from League One to the Championship in 2020–21, his first full season in charge of the club. After a short stint as assistant head coach to Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa in 2022, he was appointed head coach of Queens Park Rangers. After signing a three-year contract, he was sacked after two months, having won one game from his first twelve. He returned to Blackpool in May 2023, but was sacked the following August. As of 2020, he was one of sixteen coaches worldwide to have obtained UEFA's elite badge. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Liverpool U19	14/17
UEFA Youth Lge 14/15	7

Liverpool U23	17/20
PL2 17/18	22
PLIC 17/18	4
PL2 18/19	22
PLIC 18/19	3
PL2 19/20	18
PLIC 19/20	3

Blackpool	20/22
League One 19/20	3
League Cup 20/21	1
EFL Trophy 20/21	4
League One 20/21	49
FA Cup 20/21	4
League Cup 21/22	2
FA Cup 21/22	1
Championship 21/22	46

Aston Villa Asst	22

Queens Park Rangers	22/23
Championship 22/23	12
FA Cup 22/23	1

Blackpool	23/24
League Cup 23/24	2
League One 23/24	46
EFL Trophy 23/24	7
FA Cup 23/24	4
League Cup 24/25	1
League One 24/25	2

Heart of Midlothian FC	24/now
SPFL 24/25	25
Scottish Cup 24/25	3
ECL 24/25	5